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AMP Leads Historic Resolution: Minneapolis City Council Calls for End to U.S. Aid to Israel
The Minneapolis City Council has passed a ceasefire resolution, becoming the first US city to call for an end to all U.S. aid to Israel. The AMP Minnesota team and partners at the Free Palestine Coalition brought this groundbreaking resolution to life. Originally adopted on January 25th, it faced a veto from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey less than a week later. However, thanks to the tireless mobilization of AMP and partner organizations. The city council overturned the mayor’s veto on a 9-3 vote, marking one of the only times a veto has been overridden in the current Mayor’s history.
The resolution is monumental for three key reasons: it sets a nationwide precedent. Making Minneapolis the first major city to demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel, contextualizing the current crisis with 75 years of displacement and occupation, and acknowledging the truth by referring to Israel’s siege as genocide and collective punishment.
AMP chapters around the country have worked on city council resolutions in major cities across the country, including Chicago, St. Paul, Hastings, Columbia Heights, St. Louis, Paterson, Union City, North Bergen, Weehawken, and Toledo. To support AMP’s #LetGazaLive Campaign, make a Zakah-Eligible donation today.
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